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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [v2] bcache: stop using the deprecated get_seconds()
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On 7/13/18 12:57 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Coly Li <colyli@suse.de> wrote:
>> On 2018/7/13 10:20 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Coly Li <colyli@suse.de> wrote:
>
>>>> Added to 4.19 for-next.
>>>
>>> I noticed this isn't part of linux-next (yet). Did it get dropped?
>>>
>>> Arnd
>>>
>> Hi Arnd,
>>
>> It is here,
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/colyli/bcache-patches.git/tree/for-next/0004-bcache-stop-using-the-deprecated-get_seconds.patch
>
> Ok, thanks for the confirmation!
>
>> It is for Linux v4.19, the merge window is not available yet, and I
>> don't post them to Jens yet.
>
> That sounds like an odd way to handle your patches. Normally all patches
> should be part of linux-next *before* the merge window so they get tested
> as part of the linux-next kernel before the pull request to Linus is sent.
>
> It's not important for me for this particular patch, but generally speaking,
> the Documentation/process/2.Process.rst states:
>
> "all patches merged during a given merge window should really have found
> their way into linux-next some time before the merge window opens."

Coly does generally send before the merge window, I think the phrasing
is just a little bit off. Depending on risk, I usually tell folks to
submit their stuff for the next window at no later than -rc5 time,
so it'll be in for-next for a least two weeks before the merge window
opens.

--
Jens Axboe

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